POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

QUEZON CITY BRANCH

Don Fabian St., Commonwealth Ave., Quezon City

LESSON PLAN

Learning Component: English Grammar

Lesson Plan No. 3
Date: Thursday/ January 24, 2019

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. Identify verb tenses
2. Give importance to the proper use of verb tenses
3. Practice the proper use of verb tenses by performing drills and accomplishing
activities

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

Topic: Verb Tenses
Materials: Powerpoint Presentation, Flash Cards, Video
References: The 12 Verb Tenses
http://www.englishlearnsite.com/grammar/the-12-verbs-
tenses-usage/
“Past Tense, Present Tense, Ay! Nakakatense…” (Spoken
Word) Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZmHAjzdCvc
Verb Tense Quiz
http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/verbtaense.php

III. PROCEDURE:
A. Daily Routine
 Prayer
 Greetings
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QUEZON CITY BRANCH
Don Fabian St., Commonwealth Ave., Quezon City

 Classroom Management
 Checking of Attendance

B. Motivation
 Presentation of a viral facebook/youtube video entitled “Past Tense,
Present Tense, Ay! Nakakatense…” (Spoken Word)
 Ask the students what they have learned from the video presented

C. Presentation of the Lesson

 Recap of the previous lesson
1. Meaning of Tense
2. Three Types of Tenses
3. Two Voices of a Tense
 Introduction and presentation of the lesson

12 Verb Tenses

Simple Past Tense

 To indicate a past habit or an action already completed
 Can be used with or without adverbs of time
Ex. I ate pizza yesterday.
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QUEZON CITY BRANCH
Don Fabian St., Commonwealth Ave., Quezon City

Simple Present Tense

 To express habits or general truth
 To indicate a future event on a designated date as part of a plan or
arrangement
 With “mental action” verbs”: like, love, want, need, believe, etc.
Ex. I eat pizza every day.

Simple Future Tense

 To indicate an action, condition, or circumstance which hasn’t taken place
yet
Ex. I will eat pizza tomorrow.

Past Continuous Tense

 To indicate uncompleted action of the past (with or without time reference)
 To indicate persistent habits of the past (with always, continuously,
forever, etc.)
Ex. I was eating pizza when you arrived.

Present Continuous Tense

 To indicate action going on at the time of speaking
 To indicate temporary action which may not be happening at the time of
speaking
 With a habitual action verb, especially to indicate stubborn habit
Ex. I am eating pizza right now.

Future Continuous Tense

 To indicate what will be going on at some time in the future
 To indicate planned future events
Ex. I will be eating pizza when you arrive.
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QUEZON CITY BRANCH
Don Fabian St., Commonwealth Ave., Quezon City

Past Perfect Tense

 To indicate a completed action of the past that happened before another
event took place
Ex. I had eaten all of the pizza when you arrived.

Present Perfect Tense

 To indicate past action which is not defined by a time of occurrence
 To indicate an action which started in the past and has continued up until
now
Ex. I have eaten all of the pizza.

Future Perfect Tense

 To indicate an action that will be complete before another event takes
place.
Ex. I will have eaten all of the pizza the time you arrive.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

 To indicate an action in the past that began before a certain point in the
past and continued up until that time
Ex. I had been eating pizza for 2 hours when you arrived.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

 To indicate an action which started at some point in the past and may or
may not be complete
Ex. I have been eating pizza for 2 hours

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

 To indicate an action that will have happened for some time and will not
be complete yet at a certain point in the future
Ex. I will have been eating pizza for 2 hours when you arrive.
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QUEZON CITY BRANCH
Don Fabian St., Commonwealth Ave., Quezon City

D. Evaluation/Application
 Drill and Practice
Divide the class into four (4) groups. By the use of flash cards with
different sentences, the students will identify the verb tenses used
in each sentence.

1 She eats toast. 11 She’d eaten lunch.

2 She’s eating toast. 12 I had been eating chocolate all

day.
3 They are eating lunch now. 13 She had been eating breakfast.

4 I’ve eaten breakfast. 14 I will eat later.

5 He has eaten lunch. 15 She will eat at home.

6 I’ve been eating. 16 I will be eating at 8pm.

7 She’s been eating biscuits all 17 She will be eating a sandwich.

day.
8 I ate an apple. 18 I will have eaten lunch by 3 o’
clock.
9 She ate some rice. 19 She’ll have eaten all the
chocolate.
10 They were eating lunch. 20 They will have been eating fruit.

IV. ASSIGNMENT:
Take home quiz

Instruction: Choose the correct tense of the verb in the following sentences.

1. George hurt his head while he __________ .

a. was ice skating
b. ice skates
c. had ice skated
d. ice skated
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QUEZON CITY BRANCH
Don Fabian St., Commonwealth Ave., Quezon City

2. Max __________ for the CIA since 1992.

a. has been working
b. will work
c. is working
d. works

3. The last time I __________ to Korea, I spent three weeks on Cheju island.
a. was going
b. went
c. have gone

4. Bob __________ to Korea thirteen times.

a. has been
b. goes
c. went

5. Before Jack arrived, Jill ___________ up the hill.

a. has already gone
b. had already gone
c. is already going